Combined scribe, pocket compass, pencil clip, and pencil



A ril 21, 1931.

N. F. A. HALvoRsEN 2 COMBINED SCRIBE, POCKET COMPASS, PENCIL CLIP, AND PENCIL File'ii May 28.. 1928 Q in A'TTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 21, 1931 NILS F. A. HALVORSEN, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN Application filed May 28, 1928. Serial No. 281,260.

The object of my invention is to provide new and useful improvements in a combined scribe, pocket compass, pencil clip and pencil of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object 01 my invention is to provide a combined scribe, pocket compass,penoil clip and pencil which is simply constructed, reliable, and serviceable for the purposes intended.

A further object 01 my invention is to provide an adjustable member designed to be mounted, on a pencil which will permit adjustment of its position on the pencil and adjustment of the pivot for the compass memher so that the device may be thoroughly adapted fortlie purpose intended.

A further object of my invention is to provide a compass member having a hardened point portion whereby it may be used as a scribe for marking metal and having a turned over portion designed to be used as a clip'for holding the device in thepocket of the owner.

further object of my invention is to provioe an adjustable'spring clip device clesigned to hold the point of the compass mem her in position so that it cannot damage the clothing or otherwise injure the user.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combined scribe, compass, member and pocket clip having a ball at the pivotal portion thereof whereby there may be a fractiona1 engagement between the clip which attaches the member to the pencil and said member to satisfactorily hold it in its adjusted position as a compass and in inoperative position against the pencil.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and construction of the various parts of my improved device, as described in the specification, claimed in my claims, and shown in the accompanying drawmg, in which:

Figure 1 shows an elevation of my improved device.

Figure 2 shows an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a vertical sectional viewv taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the spring retaining clip member and Figure 5 shows an enlarged detailed view of the device to better illustrate the construction thereof, and V Figure 6 shows an elevation of the device adjusted to use as a compass.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

1 have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a pencil of ordinary construction. Slidably mounted on this pencil is a clip member to which I have given generally the reference character A. This clip member has an opening 11 through one end thereof designed to receive the pencil 10 and a thumb screw 12 is threadedinto the clip member in position to be screwed against the pencil 10 to lock the pencil from sliding within the clip member A. At the end of the clip memberopposite the thumb screw 12 are parallel cars 13 and 14, the former having a concave socket therein and the latter having a threaded opening therein whereby a screw 15 may be received in said threaded opening. A ball 16 has an opening therethrough and is designed to be adj ustably and frictionally retained between the concave-opening and screw 15. A combined scribe, compass, and pocket clip member 17 is passed through the hole in the ball 15 and then bent to the form shown. The main portion of the member 17 is constructed from highly resilient steel and the end thereof, as illustrated in Figure 5, is hardened at 18 so that the point maybe hard enough to be used as a scribe to mark the surface of metal and still retain its sharpness.

, This combined scribe and compass member may beslightly turned in, at its lower end as illustrated, so. that the point will lay against the surface of the pencil 10 as a further protection to the clothes of the user and against injury to the user or his property. r

The pocket clip member 19 is formed by bending the upper end of the member 17 to positionnearly parallel with the main por tion thereof so that it may be used to attach the device to the pocket of the wearer.

A spring compass retaining member 20 is formedfrom resilient metal to the shape of a split ring, as illustrated in Figure 4, with the central portion thereof formed with a bead 21 designed to receive the point of the compass member 17, and to form with the balance of the device a retaining member which may be slid to any desired position on the pencil and which will retain its position on the pencil due to the resiliency of the material thereof.

In the practical operation of my improved device the thumb screw 12 is loosened so that the clip member A may be slid on to the pencil 10 to any desired position. If it is desired to use the device for a compass this position would be such that the point 18 of the compass member would be about even with the point of the pencil 10. The thumb screw 12 may then be tightened to lock the clip on to the pencil. The compass member 17 may then be swung on its pivot to draw an arc of any desired radius. If the compass member 17 does not move readily to the desired position or will not retain the desired position, the screw 15 may be turned to vary the frictional engagement of the cars 13 and 1 1 with the ball 16 to secure the proper results in positioning the compass member 17. If it is desired to use the device as a scribe the compass member 17 is either swung on its pivot to get the point of the pencil out of the way or the clip member may be slid down the pencil so that the point 18 of the compass member 17 may extend beyond the point of the pencil. If it is desired to use the device as a pencil only, then the parts are moved to the position shown in Figure 1 and the thumb screw tightened to hold the parts in place, the spring retaining member 20 being slid up over the compass member 17 to hold it in place. Whenever the compass member 17 is swung down to position adjacent to the surface of the pencil 10, the entire device may be readily slipped in the pocket of the wearer and the pocket clip 19 will prevent its accidental displacement or loss.

Among the many advantages resulting from the use of my improved device, it should be specifically pointed out that I have devised in a convenient, compact and cheap form a satisfactory device to be used as a compass, a scribe, a pencil and a pencil clip. Further advantages result from the adjustability of the frictional engagement between the clip member A and the compass memher and the type of adjustment for clamping the clip member A to the pencil 10. In this connection it should be pointed out that it is important that a compass should be so arranged that the members thereof will not readily accidently change their lengths or the adjustment of the pivot to thereby readily accidently change the radius to which the compass has been set.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the character described, a pencil, a clip member slidably mounted thereon having a pair of cars extending therefrom, means for locking the clip member from sliding movement on the pencil, and a combined compass and pocket clip member pivotally mounted between said ears comprising an elongated strip of resilient material bent upon itself intermediate of its ends whereby said ends may extend substantially parallel to each other to form a pocket clip, one of said ends being longer than the other and pointed whereby said end may form with the pencil a compass and a scribe member.

2. In a device of the character described, a clip member having an opening adjacent to one end designed to slidably receive a pencil, means for locking a pencil from movement in said opening, said clip having a pair of parallel ears extending from the opposite end thereof, one of said ears having a concave socket therein, and the other car hav ing an opening therethrough opposite said pocket, a ball mounted between said ears having an opening therethrough, a combined scribe and compass and pocket clip member extended between said ears and through said ball, and a member mounted in the opening in said ear and adapted to fric tionally engage said ball between said memher and said socket in the other ear.

3. In a device of the character described, a clip member having an opening therethrough adjacent to one end thereof designed to slidably receive a pencil, means for locking said pencil from movement through said opening, a pair of ears extended from the opposite end of said clip, said ears having a socket formed therein, a ball having an opening therethrough mounted in said socket, means for adjustably, frictionally engaging said ball in said socket, and a combined compass and pocket clip and scribe member comprising a strip of wire bent upon itself intermediate of its ends and extended through said ball between said ears, the portions of the member adjacent to said clip extending parallel to each other to form a pocket clip adjacent to said clip member and one of said ends being extended in order to form a scribe and compass member.

NILS F. A. HALVORSEN. 

